他的司机和锅炉工站在他的驾驶室旁，与带来惊人消息的警卫交谈。“你知道站长昨晚被盗了吗？”他问。托马斯的司机摇了摇头。“你没说。”他喊道“我不知道他有什么值得偷的东西。他只会园艺。”锅炉工喊道“所有的都拿走了。然后这些恶棍厚着脸皮把他的车带走了。”司机说"不是那个他引以为豪的新车"警卫点了点头。

And at that moment the signal rose to show that the line was clear.The driver and fireman climbed into Thomas's cab.The guard blew his whistle.Waved his green flag and got into clarabel.And Thomas set off.就在这时，信号响起，表明警戒线畅通。司机和锅炉工爬上了托马斯的驾驶室。警卫吹响了他的口哨。挥舞着他的绿色旗帜，进入了克拉贝尔。托马斯出发了。By the time they were through the tunnel.The train was running nicely.Road and railway were beside each other here.With only a stream between them.Thomas remembered his race with bertie the bus.He'd only won because he could go through the hill.While bertie had to go over it.A flash of color on the road ahead caught his eyes.当他们穿过隧道时。火车开得很好。公路和铁路在这里并排。它们之间只有一条小溪。托马斯想起了他和伯蒂在公共汽车上的比赛。他之所以赢，是因为他可以穿过山丘。而伯蒂必须越过它。前方道路上的一道闪光吸引了他的目光。他试图跑得更快，以便更仔细地观察。

He tried to go faster to look more closely.Steady Thomas.said his driver."there's plenty of time.""Can't we get closer to that car panted."Thomas."It looked like station masters to me."Lots of cars look like that laughed the driver.But he opened the regulator and they began to draw a level.There were 2 men in the car."that's the car all right，Thomas."said the fireman."And those 2 must be the thieves but we can't stop them.And they'll be gone long before the next station."

他试着跑得更快，以便更仔细地看到。他的司机说“时间充裕。”“我们不能喘着粗气靠近那辆车吗？”托马斯说。“在我看来，它就像站长。”很多车看起来都是这样，司机笑了。但他打开了调节器，他们开始扳平比分。车里有两个人。“那就是那辆车，托马斯。”锅炉工说。“那两个肯定是小偷，但我们无法阻止他们。他们早在下一站之前就走了。”

"we need pencil paper and something to put a note inside."Said the driver."We'll throw a message out the next signal box."quickly，he wrote the note and they put it in the fireman's empty lunch.Then，drawing ahead of the car.Thomas whistle to attract the signalman's attention.they slowed so that the fireman could throw the box up to him.And as they went past both driver and fireman shouted"polices！"at the top of their voices.By now the stolen car had gone well ahead and Thomas did not see it again.but the signalman telephone polices headquarters at once.And the thieves were stopped as a road block about 10 miles further on.